The Shadow's Oracle// A BTS Fanfiction

Chapter 16

Yuri found herself wandering down the familiar hallway of the building that held her morning classroom. Her mind was still covered in a fog as her anxiety made itself at home in her mind. Within the past few days, she had many of her questions answered, but it never brought her the comfort or cleared her confusion the way she thought it would have. Before meeting Lexi, she only had a few creatures she had deemed to be fantasy stories confirmed to be real, but if what Lexi said was anything to go by, those were only just scratching the surface.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she realized that she now stood directly outside her classroom. How she got there to be exact was a complete blur to her, but she felt her anxiety spike higher when she spotted Lexi sitting at the same desk as usual intensely writing something down in her notes. Yuri couldn't help but wonder how Lexi was able to sit there, so calm as if nothing happened. It had only been a few days since the attack, yet Yuri couldn't help but feel useless, unable to do anything to stop it. If Lexi and Taehyung hadn't gone on the trip, Yuri knew that not only her, but Nari would be dead as well.

Yuri allowed her feet to drift past the desk right by the door, as she made her way to the one by the window. She quietly set her stuff down, unsure of what to say as Lexi eyed her, watching as she anxiously sat beside her. It had been ages since not only her, but anyone sat in that seat.

"Welcome back." Lexi smiled at her; glad that things seemed a little bit more normal again, or as normal as Lexi's life seemed to get.

"Thank you for being honest with me." Yuri tiredly smiled back to her, unpacking her bag and setting up for the class to come.

"I'm sorry," Lexi mumbled, staring out the window, watching as soft snow fell from the atmosphere, "This still wasn't what I wanted for you, you know? I wanted to keep you out of my messy life..."

Yuri wasn't entirely sure what to say to that but tried to find a response anyways. It was the least she could do to try and comfort her friend, "I know, but as you said before, once you know, there isn't any going back. I'm sure none of you wanted this for yourselves either."

Lexi didn't say anything but gave her a small nod of appreciation. She realized that Yuri was far more intuitive than she believed and she should have given her more credit.

They sat in silence mulling over their thoughts and the events that had taken place since the beginning of the semester when the teacher finally walked in, apologizing for being late. Something about an accident outside of campus; Yuri prayed it had nothing to do with the weird supernatural world she was quickly learning about. Little did she know, Lexi was hoping the same thing.

The class passed in a blur for Yuri and she watched as her classmates packed up their stuff to leave, the teacher reminding everyone that the final was coming up and not to forget to study. It was basically her way to remind everyone that the semester was coming to an end. Which meant that many of the coffee shops on or around campus were filled with exhausted students cramming for their tests, or just to get a bit of warmth from the bite of winter.

A sigh escaped Yuri's lips as she walked out of the class with Lexi, her eyes immediately locking with a pair of dark brown ones. He was leaning against the wall directly across from the lecture room exit, his arms crossed over his chest as he waited.

"Go on." She heard Lexi say, nudging her forward. Yuri, not expecting the nudge, stumbled forward a bit, towards Taehyung who quickly sprang into action to help steady the small blondes stumble. Once she seemed to be stable on her own two feet again, he pulled his hands away quickly to respect her previous wish for space..

"Uhm... Hi," Yuri awkwardly mumbled, restlessly shifting on her feet, "I wanted to say thank you for uhm..." she paused, the words for some reason having trouble passing her lips, probably for the fact that she wasn't used to having others doing the saving. A baritone chuckle broke her out of her struggle as she looked at Taehyung smiling softly at her.